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The Stude park basketball court seems to float in bayou floodwaters as a pick-up game is underway with the 'Go Rockets' sign lit in the downtown Heritage Plaza building on May 24, 1997. (Richard Carson photo)

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The Stude park basketball court seems to float in bayou floodwaters as a pick-up game is underway with the 'Go Rockets' sign lit in the downtown Heritage Plaza building on May 24, 1997. (Richard Carson photo)